Download Your Google Photos
Right From Your Browser
Snapback lets you download your entire photo library directly from photos.google.com. Free Chrome extension by Metadata Fixer.
What You Get
Another way to download your Google Photos library — right from your browser.
Original quality
Downloads photos and videos at their original resolution.
Auto-organized folders
Files sorted into YYYY/MM folders automatically.
Pause and resume
Stop anytime and pick up where you left off. Session history included.
Live Photos & motion photos
Handles all photo types, including Live Photos and motion photos.
Metadata as JSON sidecars
Dates, GPS, descriptions, and favorites saved as JSON files — compatible with Google Takeout format.
Free up Google storage
Optionally delete backed-up photos from Google Photos after downloading.
About metadata
Downloaded files may have incorrect dates or missing GPS data. Snapback saves all metadata alongside your photos as .json sidecar files — compatible with the Google Takeout format.
If you need dates, locations, and descriptions embedded back into the files themselves (so they sort correctly in other apps), Metadata Fixer does exactly that.
How It Works
Install
Add Snapback to Chrome from the Web Store. It's free and takes seconds.
Download
Go to photos.google.com and use Snapback to download your photos directly to your computer.